Trapper John Schmidt wrestles a recalcitrant feral hog as he transfers him from a trap to a kennel in the woods lower coast Algiers last year.

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Shooting feral hogs and coyotes at night in defense of their own property is a right Louisiana District 7 Representative Robert Burford believes belongs to every one of his constituents.

It shouldn't require a permit and it certainly shouldn't take up to two months to get one. But Burford isn't getting a lot of support on the Senate side of the state legislature for his bill (HB 353) that would allow night hunting of hogs, and coyotes, on private property. He's been shot down for three consecutive years, after he says Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries secretary Robert Barham spoke ...